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UCTION HAVING CLOTHING WITH TAB PAPER DOLL CONSTR RELEASABLY HELDBETWEEN MARGINS OF FRONT AND BACK PIECES COMPRISING THE DOLLS BODY 3Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed Jan. 14, 1965 Lmm INVENTORS WILLIAM v. DOYLEMARGARET D. DOYLE BYE/mm, Em

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PAPER DOLL CONSTRUCTION HAVING CLOTHING WITH TABS RELEASABLY HELDBETWEEN MARGINS OF FRONT AND BACK PIECES COMPRISING THE DOLLS BODY FiledJan 14, 1965 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTORS W\LLIAM V. DOYLE MARGARET D.DOYLE Z/am,% w,

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STRUCTION HAVING CLOTHING WITH TAB PAPER DOLL CON RELEASABLY HELDBETWEEN MARGINS OF FRONT AND BACK PIECES COMPRISING THE DOLL'S BODY 3Sheets-Sheet 5 nmm Filed Jan. 14, 1963 w D MT/X r vr wm N L G ATTORNEYSUnited States Patent 3,252,243 PAPER DGLL CONSTRUCTION HAVING CLOTH- 1NG WITH TABS RELEASABLY HELD BETWEEN MARGINS 0F FRONT AND BACK PIECESCOM- PRISING THE DOLLS BODY William V. Doyle and Margaret D. Doyle, bothof 1455 W. Shryer, Roseville 13, Minn. Filed Jan. 14, 1963, Ser. No.251,240 6 Claims. (Cl. 46-157) This application is acontinuation-in-part of our copending application Serial No. 755,689,filed August 18, 1958 now US. Patent 3,073,059, issued January 15, 1963,and relates, in general, to paper dolls and, in particular, to a new andimproved paper doll body construction for use with paper doll clothingand the like having bendable tabs thereon and adapted to overlie thepaper doll body and to be supported thereon.

With the presently prevailing types of construction, a doll is usuallymade of cardboard, with one surface printed to resemble a human figuredressed in underclothes and/or other garments. Additional clothes forthe doll are printed on paper to be cut out and fastened to the doll bythe child who plays with' the doll and its clothes. The usual method ofafiixing paper clothes to the cardboard doll is by means of paper tabsprotruding from the edges of each article of paper clothing, these tabsbeing a part of the same piece of paper as the article of clothing andcut out by the child in the samecutting operation. These paper tabs aredesigned to be folded backward around the edges of the cardboard doll tohold the article of clothing in place on the doll by means of thehook-efiect of the folded tabs around the edges of the doll. Forconvenience hereinafter this type of structure will be referred to asthe usua paper doll.

In practice, this method of afiixing an article of clothing to acardboard doll causes considerable difiiculty for the child when playingwith the dolls and clothes. The difficulty arises from the fact that thetabs, as now used, dont hold the article of clothing securely in placeon the doll. The hook-effect of a paper tab is relatively weak. That istrue first because a paper tab does not remain in the form of a hookwhich is sutliciently tight and strong. However firmly the tab may bebent or creased, it has a natural resilience which causes it to tend toreturn to the original plane of the sheet from which it was bent.Secondly, since the resilience of a tab causes it-to move away from theback of the doll, it protrudes. As a result it may be hit by the usersfingers or other objects, thereby tending either to further unfold thetab or even to dislodge the entire article of clothing, depending onwhere and how the tab is contacted. As a result, the article of clothingtends to fall off easily, particularly when the doll is moved. This isannoying and frustrating when the child, while playing with the dolls,attempts to move them about in play to simulate human activity. amountof play that is practical in using paper dolls and paper clothes as nowconstructed is seriously limited.

Various attempts have been made to overcome this d ifficulty, one suchtype of construction making use of magnets instead of tabs, with themagnets being placed in or on the dolls and plates of ferrous metalsplaced in corresponding positions on the article of paper clothing. Thismethod of construction is effective, but has disadvantages among whichare the following:

(a) It is substantially more expensive than the usual paper dollpreviously described.

(b) The ferrous metal plates must be affixed to the articles of paperclothing. This is commonly accomplished by means of sections of gummedpaper designed to overlap the edges of the metal plates and be glued inthese overlapping areas to the article of paper clothing. In practice,the metal plates become rather easily detached from the articles ofclothing, requiring their being refastened to the articles of clothingfrom time to time. Furthermore, the metal plates, being relativelysmall, are easily lost.

(c) The article of paper clothing is usually afiixed to the doll bymeans of only one small area of contact where the magnet in thedoll'attracts and holds the metal plate afiixed to the article ofclothing. This area of contact is usually located near the center of thedoll, which is obviously the most desirable location for effectivelyholding the entire article of clothing on the doll. However, the edgesof the article of clothing are not held directly in any way, and so areloose and tend to floparound in an unrealistic and undesirable mannerwhen the doll is moved. Also, the article of clothing readily pivotsabout the area of contact and then looks peculair and unrealistic.

This diificulty just described can be overcome only by providing aplurality of magnets and a plurality of metal plates on the respectivedoll and articles of clothing. This, of course, will add to the alreadyhigh cost of manufacturing such items.

Thus the Still another type of construction is in making use of specialcardboard and paper materials which set up static electricity when thepaper article of clothing is rubbed against the doll, such staticelectricity tending to hold the article of clothing to the doll afterthe rubbing process.

This method of construction is somewhat effective, but has the followingdisadvantages:

(a) This method too is relatively expensive, not quite as expensive asthe magnetic method, but substantially more expensive than the usualpaper doll described above.

(b) Electrostatic attraction of the doll for the article of clothingthat has been placed against it tends to weaken after the article ofclothing has remained on the doll for a while. As a result, the articleof clothing tends to fall from the doll when the doll is moved, or evenwhen the doll is not moved. Also it is essential that the doll be keptfree of dust or dirt.

(c) The ability of the matenials to produce static electricity tends toweaken in time.

Another form of doll makes use of paper clothes which are laced throughholes in the clothes and in the body of the doll. The lacing is made apart of the clothing design in order to give realism to the clothing,but since there are not many clothing styles which employ lacing, thetypes of clothes are limited. Also the holes in the dolls body renderthe doll unreal in appearance.

Another type of doll makes use of the flannelboard type of paper havingclothes made of cloth. The clothing clings to the flannel-like surfaceof the doll. But the surfaces of the doll and of the clothing cannothave a fine printed surface like paper. Furthermore, these latter twoconstructions are expensive.

Accordingly, it is a principal object of our invention to provide a newand improved doll construction which improves the conventional prior arttype paper dolls and accomplishes the following objectives:

(a) Articles of cloth-ing may be held firmly thereto without any of thedisadvantages of the methods of construction and use above described.

(b) Is substantially lower in cost than other doll constructions of thetype described where attempts were made to improve the usual paper dolland paper doll clothing.

(0) Does not in any way, or to any extent whatever, lose any of itsability to function over a period of time unless it or the clothingbecome damaged when handled, which likelihood of damage is no greaterthan (and in many instances is less than) on other dolls constructed inaccordance with the prior'art.

(d) Is particularly adapted to hold an article of clothing in positionby means of a plurality of areas of contact around the edges of thedoll, leaving-no areas of the article of clothing free to flop aroundwhen the doll is moved.

(e) Permits the article of clothing to remain firmly on the doll for aslong as period of time as may be desired without falling off, becomingloose, or losing any of its firm connection with the doll.

(-f) Makes use of conventional tabs on articles of clothing as nowmanufactured, but causes them to hold the articles of clothing firmly inposition. Furthermore, fewer tabs are needed than in the case of theusual paper doll.

(g) Makes it possible for a childto fasten the article of clothing tothe doll and to unfasten and remove the article'from the doll veryeasily.

(h) Permits the articles of clothing to be fastened to the doll overother articles of clothing, and permits small articles of clothing andaccessories to be securely fastened in appropriate positions on thedoll. In this connection, accessories employing a single tab may befirmly secured.

(i) The tabs are substantially entirely concealed, thereby giving a morerealistic appearance. This makes it possible to make a doll appearrealistic from the back as well as the front, and permits the wearing ofclothes on its back as well as its front.

(j) By concealing the tabs, keeps them from being contacted in usethereby preventing accidental displacement of the tab or the entirearticle of clothing.

(k) Permits the child to change the personality, appearance andcharacter represented by the doll, thus making it possible to have onedoll represent any number of additional personalities or individuals.

Briefly, we accomplish the above general and specific objects of ourinvention by the provision of a doll having imprinted thereon, wherenecessary or desirable, the facsimile of a human person (or animal orother being), which doll is made of cardboard or other similarlyfunctioning material and constitutes a front or body portion to which isoperatively connected a back portion made of cardboard, or othersimilarly functioning material. The back portion is cut either insubstantially the same size, shape, and contour as the doll body portionitself or slightly larger, or smaller. It may also be formed as apartial back piece covering only a part of the back of the doll. Theback piece is affixed to the back of the body portion of the doll insuch a manner that the marginal portions of the back portion is free ofthe body portion along the length of at least one and preferably twosides of the doll periphery for retaining reception of the tabs of paperdoll clothing which are folded and inserted in said free marginal spacebetween the back and body portions which comprise the doll. Theseportions are secured together as described in any one of severalarrangements.

In our above-mentioned copending application Serial No. 755,689, newU.S. Patent No. 3,073,059, filed August 18, 1958, of which thisapplication is continuationin-part, several arrangements for assemblingthe back portion with the front or body portion of a paper doll toaccomplishthis result are disclosed and claimed generically. Inaccordance with the invention as herein shown, described and morespecifically claimed, the two portions are joined by spaced connectingtabs, adhesive or adhesived connecting pieces as will be hereinaftermore completely described and are illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings.

As already suggested, articles of clothing are formed of paper andprovided with tabs at their periphery. These are fastened to the doll byinserting the tabs thereof between the body portion and the back portionof the doll; the edges of the back portion, or the edges of the doll,

insertion of the tabs.

With the tabs so disposed between the body portion of the doll and theback piece, the tabs are not exposed and cannot be contactedaccidentally and dislodged. Also, being held between the body portionand back piece, the tabs cause the clothing to stay in place until thechild desires to remove it.

The act of inserting the tabs between the edges of the back portion andthe edges of the body portion of the doll can be made easier, ifdesired, by making the contour of the back portion slightly larger thanthe contour of the front portion so that the back portion serves as aguide for insertion of the tabs.

In one form of the invention, the connector pieces space the backportion from the front portion a relatively short distance which makeseasier the insertion of the tabs.

In another form of the invention, the connector pieces are so arrangedas to provide a structure permitting limited relative movement betweenthe entire front portion and back portion. In this form of the inventionthe connecting pieces may be integral or partially cut from one portionand adhesively or otherwise attached to the other port-ion. One of theconnecting pieces may also comprise a stand, or part thereof, for thepaper doll.

In those forms of our invention where a connector piece, or pieces, isemployed between the front and back portions to make it easier to insertthe tabs between them,

the article of clothing still stays firmly in position because thenatural resilience in the folded tabs causes them to bear resilientlyagainst a surface such as the inner surface of the back portion. Thatis, the tabs are not loosely disposed in the space between the backpiece and doll.

Our paper doll constructions also are provided with one of several newand improved stands which permit the paper dolls to stand upright or tobe laid down in a very realistic manner, and as will be understood fromthe more detailed description hereinafter, this stand may form a part ofthe means to connect the back piece to the front piece. Too, we havefound a high degree of realism obtained from many of our stands sincethe feet of the subject doll will be near the supporting surface and insome embodiments of our stands the doll may be laid down simulatingsleeping, without detachment of any of the parts thereof.

Accordingly, still further objects and advantages of our invention arerealized as will be apparent from the above brief description. These are(l) the utilization of stands for the dolls which form a part of themeans for afiixing the back portion to the front or body portion of thedoll; (2) utilization of stands which have a high degree of realism andpermit the children to simulate human activities such as standing orsleping without unfastening any or all of the parts of the doll; (3)permits the utilization of articles of clothing, both on the front andon the back of the doll, where desirable; (4) adds realism to the dollsby providing a means for both a front form as well as a front and backform, for which clothing and the like may be utilized; (5) provides adoll which is sturdy and strong and which can be assembled with orwithout guidance,

.either providing a fixed relationship or a resilient relationshipbetween the front and back pieces to permit ready insertion of clothingtabs.

Now, in order to acquaint those skilled in the art with the presentinvention and the manner of making and using the same, I shalldescribed, in connection with the accompanying drawings, preferredembodiments of the invention.

In the drawings:

FIGURE 1 is a front view of one embodiment of a paper doll constructedin accordance with the teachings of our invention, and illustrating toadvantage how articles of clothing and accessories may be worn by thedoll;

FIGURE 2 is a side view of the doll illustrated in FIG- URE 1,illustrating the back-to-back relationship of the back portion with thefront portion, held together by tabs which have been cut at spacedintervals from the back portion, folded back to comprise spacers andadhesively secured to the rear side of the front or body portion of thedoll;

.FIGURE 3 is a back view of the paper doll illustrated in FIGURES 1 and-2, showing to advantage the contour of the back portion, smaller thanthe front portion, with the respective tabs on the articles of clothing,held therebetween;

FIGURE 4 is a fragmentary view showing the doll of FIGURE 3 with onehand and its related arm spaced from the side of the doll;

FIGURE 5 is a fragmentary view generally similar to FIGURE 4, showing amodified arrangement for attaching a hand and related arm of the frontand back portion of the doll;

FIGURE 6 is a back view of still another embodiment of our inventionwith the back portion held by resiliently arranged connecting pieces andwhich utilizes another form of stand;

FIGURE 7 is a cross-sectional view 0 fthe embodiment illustrated inFIGURE 6 taken along lines 7-7 therein;

FIGURE 8 is a front view of another embodiment of the invention andillustrating the connecting pieces as interengaging slot and tongueformations secured to the inner or adjacent sides of the front and backportions comprising a paper doll;

FIGURE 9 is a cross-sectional view taken along lines 99 of FIGURE 8looking in the direction indicated by the arrows;

FIGURE 10 is a front view of still another embodiment of our inventionillustrating to advantage another form of connecting means and stand andshowing an accessory (hat) folded and held on the doll;

FIGURE 11 is a side view of the embodiment shown in FIGURE 10, andillustrating the clothing tabs for clothes for the back and front of thedoll and inserted in the space between the front portion and backportion as provided by the spacing means;

FIGURE 12 is a cross-sectional view taken along line 1212 of FIGURE 10and looking in the direction of the arrows to illustrate the stand ofFIGURE 10;

FIGURE 13 is a partial plan view of still another embodiment of ourinvention illustrated in connection with a conventional stand;

FIGURE 14 is a cross-sectional view taken along line 1414 of FIGURE 13and looking in the direction of the arrows;

FIGURE 15 is a partial view of the back of the doll illustrated inFIGURE 13 enlarged to illustrate to advantage the partial type backpiece for the doll;

FIGURE 16 is a top view partially in section taken along line 1616 ofFIGURE 15;

FIGURE 17 is a front view of still another embodiment of the inventionwherein the front and back portions comprising a paper doll areconnected by means of tabs which are integral with one portion anddetachably engage with an appropriate part of the other portion;

FIGURE 18 is a side view of the doll illustrated in FIGURE 17;

FIGURE 19 is a back view thereof;

FIGURE 20 is a fragmentary view showing the arrange-- ment fordetachably interengaging the free hand of the two portions whichcomprise the front and back of the doll;

FIGURE 21 is a partial back view of still another embodiment of ourinvention and illustrating to advantage another means of holding andlocking the back piece to the front piece of the doll;

FIGURE 22 is a cross-sectional view taken along line 22-22 of FIGURE 21and looking in the direction of the arrows; and

FIGURE 23 is a top sectional view taken along line 2323 of FIGURE 21 andlooking in the direction of the arrows.

6 Turning now to the drawings and in particular to FIG- URES l, 2 and 3thereof, it can be seen that we have illustra-ted one embodiment of ourpaper doll invention, illustrated in its entirety as 10, and comprisinga front portion 11 of paperboard, having a miniature human form 12depicted thereon. At 13 is a paperboard back portion 14 (FIG. 3) whichis of the same general shape and contour of the front portion and formedseparately therefrom. Said back portion may be of the same dimensions asthe front portion. It also may be slightly smaller (illustrated in FIG.3) to expose a peripheral margin of the front portion constituting aflange equal to the difference between the periphery of the back portion14 and the front portion 11. As illustrated in these figures, paperclothes or garments 17 have tabs 16 which are folded in a conventionalmanner and inserted between the back portion and the front portion, asillustrated in FIGURES 1, 2 and 3.

As previously mentioned, one important feature of our invention is themeans of holding the clothing tabs, such as 16, on the doll itself. Byinserting the tabs between the front portion 11 and the back portion 14of the doll, it is not likely for these tabs to come out or to bedetached during normal usage since the back portion and the frontportion together grip or hold the tabs therebetween. As previouslymentioned, another important feature of our invention is the fact thatadditional articles of clothing,

such as the scarf illustrated at 18 and having tabs 20, may be placedover the garment 17, with the tabs 20 also being inserted between thefront portion and back portion to hold such an article in place. Too,other accessories, such as the handbag 21, withits tab 22, may be heldfirmly in place on the arm of the doll. This type of function was notheretofore available in prior art dolls since small articles with singletabs could not be firmly held on the doll, such prior art dolls lackingthe gripping function accomplished by having a back portion and a frontportion.

In this embodiment, the back portion 14, which comprises the tabretaining means, itself has a plurality of rectangular shaped tabs orconnecting pieces indicated at 43, 44 and 45 which are cut out of thematerial of said portion 14 along three sides and folded back alongtheir fourth side which is left integral and is secured by adhesive orother appropriate means to the rear side of the front or body portion ofthe doll. In addition to securing the two portions of the doll,connecting pieces 43, 44 and 45 also serve as spacers which make easierthe insertion of the doll clothing tabs 16 in the spaces left freebetween the two portions along their peripheral margins. Usefully theupwardly-extended arm 36 of the back portion is provided with a tab 26folded back so as to lie between the two portions 36, 36' and which issimilarly secured as by adhesive to the rear side of the correspondingarm of the front portion 11.

The carrying or wearing of small articles or accessories by single tabsis also possible when the doll 10 has one hand and its related armspaced from the body of the doll, as shown in FIGURE 4. There frontportion 11 and back portion 14 are shown having their respective armportions 36a and 36a extending downwardly free of the. rest of the dollbody and secured together at their outer ends, as by adhesive. In thisexample, intervening tab 26 has been omitted and a pair of lateralcreases 37, 37 provided in the general area of the upper hand or wristarea of the back piece 14 which makes it easier to separate the frontand back arm portions 36 and 36a, respectively, for the insertion of anytabs, since the pair of creases provides a resilient hinge-like elfectfor movement of hand 38.

An alternative arrangement is illustrated in FIGURE 5 wherein spacingmeans are provided in the form of a tab or connecting piece 57 betweenthe hand portion 38 of the front and back pieces 11 and 14,respectively, may be used. It serves not only as a spacer to make easierthe insertion of tabs between the arm portions of the front and backpieces but also as a support for accessories or articles of clothing. Asshown, the tab 57 may be formed main on the doll.

integrally with one hand portion and then folded along a line such as 58into the space between the front and back hand portion 38. The tab maybe additionally scored along lines parallel to line 58 if the resilienceof the tab is to be varied. However, spacing means in the area of thehand portions can be supplied by separate pieces and could be secured toone or the other, or both, of the hand portions.

As illustrated in FIGURES 1, 2 and 3, the front piece 11 flaresoutwardly near the base to provide a stand, indicated in its entirety as23, flat at the bottom and adapted to be placed on the floor or othersupporting surface. Stand 23 comprises a front part 24, formed integralwith the front piece 11, and a back part 25 formed integral with theback piece 14. To function as a stand, back portion 25 is scoredvertically in two places, as at 27 and 28'. This forms three sections29, 30 and 31, two of which are folded backwards, viz., away from thefront piece, as illustrated in the drawing (see particularly FIG. 2) toform the legs of a three-dimensional stand. Usefully, section 29 has aV-notch-32 on its upper side adjacent its outer end and section 31 has aV-notch 33 on its under side adjacent its outer end which may be hookedtogether when the two sections are folded back along vertical scoringlines 27 and 28, thus forming a stable mounting stand. In thisembodiment, the stand 23 has the advantage that creases 27 and 28 areonly semi-permanent so that if a child desires to lay the doll down tosimulate sleeping, sections 29, 31 may be unhooked. The stand may bethen conveniently. flattened or unfolded to its original unfoldedposition.

From the above described construction, we have found that the priamryobjectives of making it possible for the clothes to stay firmly on thedoll and to permit the doll to wear or carry small accessories, are verywell accomplished at a minimum cost. Furthermore, the doll is sturdy andstrong and easy to assembly. At the same time the back piece facilitatesputting clothes and other accessories on the doll or taking them off, asthe case may be, and their retention on the doll by the location of thedoll clothes tabs in the space which exists between the two portions.Furthermore, the stand construction allows for standing the doll uprightand, as can be seen, great realism is accomplished.

In addition to these features, we have found that realism is enhanced bythe fact that the tabs themselves are substantially concealed from thefront of the doll by reason of the back piece 14. It can also beappreciated that the tabs thus disposed are not easily knocked looseduring play. The connecting pieces, contrary to expected results, do notlessen the ability of the tabs of the clothes to re- This result weattribute to the natural resilience in the folded tabs which cause themto bear resiliently against a surface, either the inner surface of theback portion or the inner surface of the front portion, as the case maybe, and in that manner they are not loosely disposed in the spacebetween the front and back portions which comprise the doll.Furthermore, the spacing means permits the easy insertion of the tabs ofthe clothing, which act of inserting the tabs between the front and backportions may be accomplished with or without the two portions beingspread or flexed.

Turning now to FIGURES 6 and 7, there is illustrated therein a doll 250having a front portion 251 and a back portion 252 in spaced relationshipas illustrated in FIGURE 7. Doll 25!]- is again made of two separatepieces, unattached at the respective extreme top and bottom. Similarlyto the embodiment illustrated in FIG- URES 1-3, the back portion 252 isprovided with one U-shaped slot 253 at the top of the figure midway ofthe shoulders and a second U-shaped slot 254 near the lower part of thebody to form a tab 255 and 256 respectively in each of the slots. Tabs255 and 256' are each scored, as at 257 and 258, to divide each of thetabs into two parts, one of which is affixed to the back of the frontportion by any suitable manner such as adhesive. However, asdistinguished from the doll of FIGURES 1-3, the part of tab 255 aifixedto the front portion 251 is the lower part of the tab whereas the fixedpart in the tab 256 is in the upper part thereof (see FIG. 7) so thatthe two tabs actually work against each other to tend to resilientlyhold the front portion 251 and the back portion 252 together. This meansof atfixing the front and back portions of the doll aids these pieces inaccomplishing the function of the previously described front and backportions to hold the tabs of paper doll clothing between the freemargins of the two portions which comprise the doll. It will beappreciated further that in this embodiment and also in the case .of thepreviously described embodiment, the tabs may be aflixed in the mannershown and described in the factory. They may also be affixed by thechild or mother following simple instructions, with or without theadhesive being actually afiixed to the back of the front portion.

In the embodiment shown in FIGURES 6 and 7, we have conveniently shownstill another form of stand. This stand, illustrated in its entirety as26%), comprises two triangular leg pieces 261 and 262 cut from the backportion 252 and scored as at 263 and 224 so that the tabs triangulate athree-dimensional stand capable of supporting the device in an uprightposition. This stand can be refolded to its original position to permitthe doll to lie down realistically.

Turning now to the embodiment illustrated in FIG- URES 8 and 9, it canbe seen that we have illustrated therein a doll illustrated in itsentirety at 289, having a front portion 281 and a back portion 282 ofidentical configuration and provided with connecting means therebetween,indicated in its entirety at 283. In the embodiment illustrated, thismeans includes a tongue 284 substantially longitudinally insertedtherebetween and which by reason of its location between the front andback portions 281 and 282 also serves as a spacing strip. Said spacingstrip or tongue 283 preferably is located midway between the edges ofthe doll so that there is adequate space on either side of it forinsertion of clothing tabs between the margins of the two doll portions.Strip 283 serves to hold the front and back portions together but in adetachable relationship which it accomplishes in the following manner.Strip 284 is suitably affixed to the back of the front portionthroughout most of the length of the strip and conveniently scored andbent or folded so as to be received in a slot forming means 2%. Slotforming means 286 in this embodiment is located at the breast portion ofthe doll and is formed of a relatively small rectangular piece ofpaperboard, secured at each end to the front of the back portion in anysuitable manner, as by adhesive, such ends being spaced to receive thestrip 284 therebetween.

At the lower end of the doll, the back of the front portion 281 isprovided with a T-shaped insert having a top or tongue portion 287 and abase 233. The base 288 is suitably affixed as by adhesive to the base ofthe doll with its bottom edge in alignment with the bottom edge of thedoll and the tongue 287 is free of the back portion, to be inserted in aslot forming means 290 affixed to the front of the back portion. Slotmeans 290 is substantially identical with the slot forming means 286 andis adapted to receive the tongue 287 in a manner similar to the freeportion of the spacer means 284. Thus, with the use of the two spacingmeans 284 and 287,. the front portion 281 and the back portion 282 arelocked together and the .spacing means perform the function heretoforedescribed in connection with the connecting pieces 23, 24 and 25 ofFIGURES 1-3. However, from this description it can be appreciated thatthis embodiment-is particularly characterized by being readilydetachable since the removal of the front portion and the back portionfrom each other is accomplished by merely sliding one relative to theother longitudinally (upward and downward in the drawings) so that therespective spacing means will be received in or removed from the slotforming means described.

The stand, indicated in its entirety as 291, for the doll, asillustrated in FIGURES 8 and 9, is formed as an integral portion of thedoll and comprises a front part 292 flared and with a flat bottomadapted to be set on a supporting structure. It also is suitably scoredvertically as at 293 and 294 to divide the stand into three parts, 295,296 and 297. Parts 296 and 297 are folded about the scorings 293 and 294and placed forwardly as illustrated in the partial cross-sectional viewin FIGURE 9. The back portion 282 is similarly provided with a congruentportion 298 having similar vertical scorings to define parts,corresponding to the front parts 295 to 297, which are folded backwardor in a direction opposite to the front parts to provide athree-dimensional stand as can be appreciated.

Turning now to FIGS. 10, 11 and 12, where we have illustrated stillanother embodiment of our invention, illustrated in its entirety as 130and comprising a front portion 131 and a back portion 132, which may beformed separately or be integrally formed with the front piece 131 byscoring and folding, as at 133. In this embodiment we have providedstill another type of spacer or connecting pieces. These comprise a pairof circular paperboard pieces 134 and 135 respectively affixed to thefront and back portions 131 and 132, substantially at the breast of themodel illustrated and in back-toback relationship, by adhesive or in anysuitable manner. There is also provided still another pair ofrectangular spacing means 136 and 137, centrally located on the stand138 in back-to-back relationship and aflixed to the front and backportions in any suitable manner as by adhesive. With this arrangement,clothes 140 with integral front portions 141 and back portions 142 andwith front tabs 143 and back tabs 144, may be placed on the doll overthe front portion and the back portion or over the front or the back,separately. This embodiment, too, is a front and-back type doll wherethe back piece 132 may have depicted thereon a back of the human formwhich adds realism to the paper doll structure. As can be seen in FIGURE11, the tabs 143, 144 are held between the front and back pieces in amanner substantially identical with the clothes and tabs as described inconnection with the figures previously described.

With this embodiment, however, we have also shown an accessory which maybe utilized in connection with our invention, as a result of theimprovement accomplished by the provision of a means for holding thetabs as previously explained. This accessory comprises a hat, indicatedin its entirety as 145, formed with a front piece 146 and a back piece147, and may be scored and folded as at 148 and provided with tabs 150,to be folded and inserted between the front pieces and the back pieces131 and 132. It is important to note in connection with this accessorythat it is held in place in a manner similar to the previously describedarticles of clothing, and may be placed on the doll directly over thefront and back pieces of the doll itself, or may be placed over apreviously placed article of clothing.

The stand 138 in this embodiment is made integral with the body of thedoll and comprises a front part 152 which flares outwardly, is providedwith a flat bottom to be supported on a supporting structure and isscored horizontally as at 153 so that a lower part 154 may be folded atthe scoring outwardly from an upper portion 155 as illustrated in FIGURE11. The back portion 132 of the doll is also provided with a congruentportion on part 156, a scoring 157 and a lower part 158 which is foldedbackwardly with respect to the back portion 132 whereby the front lowerpart 154 and the back lower part 158 thereof are angularly disposed asin inverted V to accomplish a three-dimensional stand.

At the scorings 153 and 157 we have also respectivelyprovided pairs ofslots (two 160, 162 shown in scoring 153 only) which are spaced apart toreceive front tabs 163 and back tabs 164 forming a part of the feet 165of the doll clothes. With this arrangement of slots and tabs, the lowerportion of the clothing is conveniently held to prevent movement andtearing of the clothing, as can be appreciated. Tabs 163, 164 may bealso folded to coincide with the folds of the scorings 153 and 154 iffelt necessary or desirable.

The stand 138 is also provided with a new slot and hook means notheretofore described, as a means of affixing the back portion 131 andthe front portion 132- together. As can be seen, front part 155 is cutas at 166 to form a tab 167 which is inserted in a slot 168 in back part156. Similarly, back part 156 is cut to define a tab 170 which isinserted through a slot 171 formed in the front part 155 and, forconvenience, both tabs 167 and 170 are creased and folded to conform asnear as possible to the front and back of the doll.

The embodiment illustrated in FIGURES 13 through 16 comprises a doll 180having a front piece 181 and a back piece 182 (see FIGURES 15 and 16).Back piece 182, however, in this embodiment, comprises only a partialback piece which as illustrated, conforms only in part to the shouldercontour of the front piece and is aflixed to the front piece in anysuitable manner as by an adhesive. The adhesive is applied in one ormore locations (two being shown in FIGURE 15) substantially centrally ofthe back piece 182 so that the right and left ends thereof may beseparated slightly as illustrated in FIGURE 16 to receive the tabs 183of the clothing 184 in a manner similar to the previously describedembodiments. As is obvious, this partial back piece, while forming afront only type doll in many respects performs the same functions as thepreviously described dolls in that the back piece 132 will grasp andhold the tabs of the clothes, and any number of such back pieces couldbe placed throughout the back of'the doll as for example at the knees,for additional tabs for the clothes if thought necessary or desirable.This em bodiment illustrates how the principle of our invention may beutilized simply and with a minimum of cost.

As to the stand for the embodiment shown in FIG- URES 13 through 16,such stand comprises a slotted piece 185 scored midway thereof as at 186and folded to form a V (as illustrated in the drawing), the legs ofwhich are received in slots (not shown) in the front piece 181. Thismakes a three-dimensional stand which is detachable whenever necessary.This stand, however, is conventional and forms no part of the presentinvention except insofar as it may form a part of the combination of thedoll illustrated in connection with FIGURES 13 through 16.

FIGURES 17, 18, 19 and 20 illustrate another embodiment of ourinvention, indicated in its entirety as 110, and comprising a frontportion 111 and a back portion 112. Back portion 112 is usefully formedto have a contour slightly smaller than the contour of front portion 111to form a flange 113 provided by the difference between said front andback portions of the doll, the purpose of which is the same as theflange 15 of the embodiment shown in FIGURES 1-3. In this embodiment thetwo portions 111, 112 of the doll are detachably joined by spacedtab-like connector pieces formed integrally with one of said twoportions and which have ends which interlock in slits provided in theother portion. Thus as seen best in FIGURE 19, the head part 114 of theretainer means or back portion 112 is provided with a pair of verticallyextending spaced slits 115 located inwardly of the adjacent peripheralmargins of said portion 112. Said 1 1 fold line 118 so as to overlie theouter side of portion 112 with parts 119 of head 116 fitted beneathslits 115. Parts 119 therefore also serve to space head 11d of the backportion 112 from the rear side of body portion 111 of the doll 110.

At the bottom of said doll 110, both the front and back portions flareoutwardly (part 124- of portion 111 and part 125 of portion 112) toprovide a stand flat at the bottom and adapted-to be placed on the flooror other surface. Said stand constituting parts 124 and 125 arecongruent in shape and part 125 is scored vertically at 126 and 127 toform three sections 228, 229 and 230, sections 228 and 229 beingfoldable rearwardly on said score lines away from the stand part 124 ofthe front portion 111 to form the legs of a three-dimensional stand bymeans of which the doll 111) may be stood erect. Sections 22% and 229may also be folded fiat against stand part 125 when it is desired to laythe doll in a sleepsimulating position. 112 is also provided with a tab232 which is cut out of section 230 to a quadrant shape as illustratedin FIG- URE l9 and notched as at 233. Tab 232 is folded about its foldline 232 and is received in a complementary notch or slit 235 providedin stand part 125 of the front portion so that it cooperates with tab117 and slits 115 to hold the two portions of the doll in assembledrelation while leaving a space therebetween along the length of theirperiphery to receive the tabs 16 of doll clothing as aforedescribed inconnection with the other embodiment illus- .trating the invention.Usefully the free hand 136' of the rear portion 111 has a tab 137provided with a notch 138 and is folded along fold line 139 so that itsnotch 13% may be caught with notch 140 in the corresponding hand part141 of the rear portion 236 to complete the assembly of the dollportions and which also adapts the doll to carry scarves and the likeextended between the hand parts 136' and 141 and over the loop which tab137 thus connected comprises.

FIGURES 21, .22 and 23 illustrate a modification of this furtherembodiment of our invention wherein we have provided the back portion112 with a centrally-disposed key shaped slot 194 near the shoulderblade of the model in which is received a flanged elongated tab 195corresponding to tab 117; also formed as an integral part .of the frontportion 111 scored and folded as at 196 over the back portion 112 andinterlocked within the slot 194 to hold the upper portions of the dolltogether. In assem- :bly, with the two portions separate, the tab 195may be inserted in the slot 194 and locked in the slot by the flanges oredges 197 on the head of the tab as illustrated. In this embodiment, anyof the stands previously described may be utilized to lock the backportion and the front portion together at the base so that the twopieces may perform the function of gripping the clothing tabs aspreviously described. One important feature of the present embodiment isthat the two separable portions 111 and 1 12 have the benefits ofintegral pieces and the head of the tab 195 performs still anotherfunction of spacing the front piece and back piece apart to obtan thefunction of spacing means such as previously described. As more clearlyillustrated in FIGURE 23, tab 195 is actually between the front portionand the back portion and While we have illustrated this attaching meansin connection with a flanged doll, the flange is obviously not necessaryto the function of this embodiment.

Thus from the above description of the preferred embodiments of ourinvention, it can be appreciated that we have accomplished the generaland specific objects of our invention and while we have disclosed thedolls depictng human figures, obviously, the principle of our inventioncan be utilized on animal forms, for example, a saddle or harness may befirmly held on a horse. Furthermore,

use of the wording paper doll, cardboard doll and paper doll clothing orpaperboar is solely for convenience and is not intended to limit thedoll and doll Stand part 124 of the back portion clothing structures topaper, paperboard, or cardboard. The doll and clothing could be made ofother suitable materials such, for example, as a doll made of plastic,wood, metal, in substantially sheet form, and clothing made of cloth,metalfoil, plastic and the like. Accordingly, unless the context clearlyrequires the contrary, use of the terms paper doll and paper dollclothing is to be construed to include alternate materials which aresuitable for the purpose.

Where herein the various parts of our invention have been referred to aslocated in a right or left or an upper or lower or an inward or outwardposition, it will be understood that this is done solely for the purposeof facilitating description and that such references relate only to therelative positions of the parts as shown in the drawings.

Also, it is to be understood that many changes and modifications may bemade without departing from the scope or spirit of the invention and theinvention is defined and comprehended solely by the appendedclaims whichshould be construed as broadly as the prior art will permit.

We claim:

1. A doll including means defining a paperboard front portions, meansdefining a paperboard back portion and arranged with the marginalportion thereof free of the front portion along the length of at leastone side of the periphery of the doll, means defining paper dollclothing having at least one tab folded over said side of the frontportion and inserted between the front portion and the back portion,said tab being retained therebetween against unfolding so as to hold theclothing in operative position on said doll, and spaced connector piecesdisposed between and joining said back portion with said front portion,said spacer connector pieces spacing the front and back portions of thedoll from each other.

2. A doll including means defining a paperboard front portion, meansdefining a papenboard back portion and arranged with the marginalportion thereof free of the front portion along the length of at leastone side of the periphery of the doll, means defining paper doll clotheshaving at least one tab folded over said side of the front portion andinserted between the front portion and the back portion, said tab beingretained therebetween against unfolding so as to hold the clothing inoperative position on said doll, and spaced, connector pieces disposedbetween and joining said back portion with said front portion, saidconnector pieces comprising tabs integrally formed with one of saidportions and having their ends interlocking with cut outs formed in theother portion and with a portion of said last mentioned tabs lyingbetween the two portions.

3. A paper doll comprising a body portion, paper doll clothing which isadapted to overlie said body portion and to be supported thereon bybendable tabs on the periphery of the doll clothing, said tabs beingfolded about the edge of said body portion, a retaining portion on therear side of said body portion holding the bendable tabs inclothes-supporting position with respect to said body portion whenfolded, said retaining portion including integral connector tabs cut onthree sides from the central area of said retaining portion andadhesively joined to the rear side of the body portion, said retainingportion comprising a back piece having its marginal portions overlyingand free of the body portion along the length of at least one side ofthe periphery of the doll for covering and retaining reception of thetabs of the doll clothing folded about the edge of the body portion.

4. A paper doll comprising a body portion, paper doll clothing which isadapted to overlie said body portion and to be supported thereon bybendable tabs on the periphery of the doll clothing, said tabs beingfolded about the edge of said body portion, a retaining portion on therear side of said body portion for holding the bendable tabs inclothes-supporting position with respect to said body portion when sofolded, said retaining portion including integral connector tabs cut onthree sides from the central area of the retaining portion at spacedlocations, said integral connector tabs being folded back so as to spacethe two portions and being adhesively secured to the body portion, andsaid retaining portion comprising a back piece having its marginalportions overlying and free of the body portion along the length of atleast one side of the periphery of the doll for covering and retainingreception of the tabs of the doll clothing folded about the edge of thebody portion.

5. A doll including means defining a paper-board body portion, meansdefining a paperboard back piece having its central area only adhesivelysecured to the rear side of the body portion, the marginal portion ofsaid back piece being free of the body portion along the length of atleast one side of the periphery of the doll, doll clothing having spacedperipherally disposed tabs inserted into the free space between the bodyportion and the back piece so as to frictionally hold clothing inoperative position on said doll, said body portion having joined theretoat least one arm portion and related hand portion, which arm and relatedhand portion are spaced from said body portion, said back piece havingjoined thereto similar arm and hand portions disposed behind said firstarm and hand portions and having cr ase means including a pair ofgenerally lateral creases generally in the hand area, and adhesive beingdisposed between and connecting the hand portions, with said creasemeans assisting in separation of said arm portions.

6. A paper doll comprising a body portion, removable paper doll clothingwhich is adapted to overlie said body portion and to be supportedthereon by bendable tabs 14 on the periphery of the doll clothing, saidtabs being folded about the edge of the said body portion, a retainingportion on the rear side of said body portion removably holding thebendable tabs in clothes-supporting position with respect to said bodyportion when so folded, one of said portions including integralconnector tabs, the other portion including slits, said integralconnector tabs of the one portion having ends which interengage in saidslits provided in the other portion so as to be joined to said otherportion, and said retaining portion comprising a back piece having itsmarginal portions overlying and free of the body portion along thelength 1 of at least one side of the periphery of the doll, saidmarginal portions of the back piece being releasably engaged by the tabsof the doll clothing, folded about the edge of the body portion to coverand retain reception of said tabs in said folded relation.

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2,3 43,741 3/ 1944 Blechta.

2,384,330 9/1945 Muggy et al. 46--157 X 2,642,697 6/1953 Haskell 46--222,942,271 6/1960 Franken feld 46-157 3,102,360 9/1963 Doyle et al.46-157 RICHARD C. PINKHAM, Primary Examiner.

F. B. SHAY, Assistant Examiner.

1. A DOLL INCLUDING MEANS DEFINING A PAPERBOARD FRONT PORTIONS, MEANSDEFINING A PAPERBOARD BACK PORTION AND ARRANGED WITH THE MARGINALPORTION THEREOF FREE OF THE FRONT PORTION ALONG THE LENGTH OF AT LEASTONE SIDE OF THE PERIPHERY OF THE DOLL, MEANS DEFINING PAPER ROLLCLOTHING HAVING AT LEAST ONE TAB FODED OVER SAID SIDE OF THE PORTION ANDINSERTED BETWEEN THE FRONT PORTION AND THE BACK PORTION, SAID TAB BEINGRETAINED THEREBETWEEN AGAINST UNFOLDING SO AS TO HOLD THE CLOTHING INOPERATIVE POSITION ON SAID DOLL, AND SPACED CONNECTOR PIECES DISPOSEDBETWEEN AND JOINING SAID BACK PORTION WITH SAID FRONT POR-